diff --git a/PHP/.gitignore b/PHP/.gitignore
index 6a3db272..33bccf42 100644
--- a/PHP/.gitignore
+++ b/PHP/.gitignore
@@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ Tenant/Resources/*
 # as well as a readme file that describes how to use resource bundles
 !Tenant/Resources/Readme.txt
 # and don't pull in sandbox stuff (which is really only for testing locally)
-Sandbox/*
\ No newline at end of file
+Sandbox/*
+
+# ignore Eclipse IDE stuff
+.buildpath
+.project
+.settings
+.metadata
+RemoteSystemsTempFiles